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Here we are at the Leeds University Open Access fair in the Parkinson Atrium. We had a slow start to the morning, but from around 11am there has been a lot of interest in our work. We have been talking to some Open Access publishers, many repository staff and librarians as well as telling … Read more

The RECODE project is an EU funded project designed to compile a set of generic guidelines for EU funders to use when forming research data sharing policies. The premise is that publicly funded data should be openly accessible to the public, because they have paid for it. The workshop signalled the end of the first … Read more

We will be giving presentations on RoMEO and JULIET as part of UKRN: Workshop: UK RepositoryNet+: showcase of Wave 1 service components and ideas workshop for Wave 2 on Tuesday morning, in Appleton Tower, as part of Open Repositories 2012. If you would like to attend this workshops, tickets can be booked here. UKRepositoryNet+ is … Read more

Both Peter and Azhar will be attending the CERN workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI7) in June. Peter will be presenting a poster on How SHERPA/RoMEO lubricates the CRIS Publication List – Repository Interface This poster will give an overview of how RoMEO is used in CRIS and bibliographic applications. It will also outline … Read more

After a nice break for Easter and the Royal Wedding, we are gearing up to attend the summers’ conferences. First up is Open Repositories 2011, Austin, Texas, where we will have 3 posters presentations. RoMEO International Partnerships – Covering the results of existing partnerships and how we hope to improve the facilities for our partners. … Read more

With a bright sunny day outside, we gathered at Aston Business School Conference Centre to start the day with a talk about the features added to RoMEO over the past year. This was followed with a lively question and answers session on RoMEO in general. During the discussion, the wording of letters to publishers arose. … Read more

In collaboration with RSP, SHERPA Services will be running to workshops in the coming months RoMEO and Repository Administrators, 24th March 2011, Aston Business School Conference Centre – this event is now closed for booking [28/2/11] RoMEO and CRIS in Practice, 1st April 2011, Aston Business School Conference Centre SHERPA/RoMEO data is increasingly being used … Read more

Last week we attended Open Repositories 2010, in Madrid, were we presented a poster on the Major Improvements to the RoMEO Service (Poster 13). I am delighted to say that after a delegate vote, we came 2nd place in the Poster Competition. We offer our congratualtions to the Winners- Poster 2 (Colin Smith and Chris … Read more